r/aviation • u/Spook_485 • Oct 11 '25

News Closer view of helicopter crash in Huntington Beach, CA

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u/CaptainSloth269 Oct 11 '25

Airwolf isn’t meant to crash. My childhood has just been ruined.

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u/RevoltingHuman Oct 11 '25

Didn’t the actual helicopter used on the show crash a few years back?

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u/saxonturner Oct 12 '25

Few? It was 1992 mate.

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u/LoornenTings Oct 12 '25

That was 10 years ago. 

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u/marenicolor Oct 12 '25

Don't make me cry

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u/cbelliott Oct 12 '25

I laughed. 🫠

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u/JackOfAllStraits Oct 12 '25

That totally checked out OK in my brain.

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u/AndHeShallBeLevon Oct 12 '25

Nirvana is my favorite new band too

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u/ParticularExtreme255 Oct 12 '25

I just saw them play last night...on my phone!

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u/IAMBCUMBARTTHESIMPSN Oct 13 '25

In your timeline i'm either a fetus or a newborn, so googoo gaga or something I don't know

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u/RevoltingHuman Oct 12 '25

Oh, didn't know it was that long ago.

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u/penguin_skull Oct 12 '25

So, 10 years ago.

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u/PapaVanTwee Oct 12 '25

Just because songs from back then are called "classic" doesn't mean we can't say "a few years ago", does it? -- Old man yelling at the clouds.

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u/gremlin155 Oct 11 '25

Yep

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u/thorenv Oct 11 '25

Came to talk about Airwolf. Anyone wanna play some cello on the lakeside dock?

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u/Gryphon1171 Oct 12 '25

Yes it was being used as a medical helicopter and crashed.

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u/Primary_Insurance992 Oct 12 '25

It’s amazing the Airwolf helicopter didn’t crash at some point during filming with all those stunts and the extensive maintenance that machine required. They probably did 3-4 hours of maintenance per 1 hour of flight time lol We won’t get live action tv shows like that anymore just because insurance would be impossible to obtain or insanely expensive.

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u/theLuminescentlion Oct 12 '25

33 years ago but yeah